phrasal verbs cae

back something up

support an explanation

bolt something down

eat something very quickly

bring someone up

take care of a child until they become an adult

bring something about

cause

carry on (doing) something

continue

carry out something

do some work or research

catch on

become popular or fashionable

catch on

begin to understand

catch up on something

do something that you didn’t do enough of before

cheer (someone) up

become/make (someone) less sad

come across something/someone

find/meet something/someone by chance

come over

visit someone in the place where they are, especially their house

come up with something

think of

draw something up

prepare and write (a plan)

fall out with someone

stop being friendly with someone because you have had an argument

find something out

discover

get about (a place)

travel around

get away with something

manage to do something bad without being punished or criticised

get by

manage to survive/live

get on with someone

have a good relationship with someone

get over something

recover from

give away information

tell information that should be kept secret

give homework in

hand homework to the teacher

give in (to someone’s requests)

agree to something after initial resistance

give oneself up

allow oneself to be arrested

give out (books/paper)

distribute something to several people

give out information

give information to a lot of people

give something back

return something

give something up

stop doing something you do regularly

go in for (a competition)

enter (a competition)

go on

happen

go on (with something)

continue

go round

visit a person or place

grow up

change from being a child to becoming an adult

gulp something down

drink something very quickly

head for somewhere

go somewhere

hit it off with someone

like each other on the first meeting

kick someone out

force someone to leave a place or organisation; expel

let someone down

disappoint

look forward to something

feel happy about something that is going to happen

look up to someone

admire and respect

make something up

invent an explanation for something

make up one’s mind

decide

move on to something

stop discussing something and begin discussing something different

open up to someone

talk more about your personal feelings

own up to something

admit or confess that you have done something wrong

pick up (a bargain)

buy something (cheap)

push something up

make something increase

put clothes on

place clothes on your body

put on an event

organise an event

put prices up

increase prices

put someone off

distract someone

put someone off something

discourage someone

put someone up (for the night)

accommodate someone

put something off

postpone something

put something together

produce (by combining several different things)

put something/music on

get something ready to listen to

put up with something/someone

tolerate something/someone

put weight on

gain weight

put your hand up

raise your hand into the air

run into (thousands of pounds)

reach a particular number or amount

run out of something

use all of something so that none is left

sell out of something

sell all of something

set off for somewhere

start going somewhere

set something up

start (a business)

set up home

begin living in a place

settle down

live a quieter life by staying permanently in one place and perhaps getting married

show off

behave in a way that is intended to attract attention and make people admire you

sign up for something

agree to do; book

sort out a problem

solve a problem

split up with someone

end a romantic relationship with someone

stand out

be easy to notice

take after someone

resemble

take off

start to become successful

take over

gain control

take someone aside

move someone away from other people to talk

take someone on

employ someone

take something back

return something

take something in

accept something as true

take to something/someone

start to like something

take up a new sport/hobby

start doing a new sport/hobby

tell someone off

criticise someone angrily for doing something wrong

try something on

put on a piece of clothing to see how it looks and whether it fits

turn out

go somewhere to take part in an event

turn out (to be a success)

become (a success)

turn out (well/badly)

end (well/badly)

turn something down

reject something

turn something into

make something change into something different

turn to someone

go to someone for help

turn up

arrive

work something out

manage to understand